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The Beginning
In the 16th century Libya was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.The Ottoman's controlled Libya all the way until 1911 when Italy conquered Libya and tried to colonize the country. But Italy was interrupted by World War I which started in1914 and ended in 1918. -
Senussi tribesmen
1912 was when Senussi tribesmen rebelled Italain government. This rebellion attacked the italian government for several years.Government and Senussi tribe representatives signed a formal ceasefire agreement (Akrama Agreement) on April 17, 1917 ending Senussi tribesmen attacks. At the end of this period 16,000 individuals, including some 3,000 Italian government soldiers, were killed. -
Italian Government strikes back
Italian troops launched a military offensive against Senussi tribesmen led by Sheikh ‘Umar al-Mukhtar in western Libya. Italian troops seized several Senussi camps and tribesmen. Italian troops continued to attack Senussi tribesmen for 10 straight years. These seizers soon came to a stop when Italian troops suppressed the Senussi rebellion in western Libya on January 24, 1932, 80,000 individuals, including 5,000 Italian government soldiers died. -
Libya Defense
After World War I Italy tried to conquer LIbya in a series of brutal military attacks. Libyans defended themselves for many years until 1932 when Italy finally fully colonized Libya.Italy ruled Libya using direct control. Italy conquered Libya for economic and political reasons. They also wanted Libya for the source of gold and a place for italian citizens to go if they wanted to leave the country and go somewhere else .Italy merges Libya's three historic regions Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrena -
Independence Movement
Libyan nationalists began a movement for independence from Italy .On November 21, 1949, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before January 1, 1952. King Idris I represented Libya in the subsequent UN negotiations. -
Freedom
When Libya declared its independence on December 24, 1951, it was the first country to achieve independence through the United Nations and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence. Libya was proclaimed a constitutional and a hereditary monarchy under King Idris. -
Oil Discovery
The discovery of significant oil reserves in 1959 and the subsequent income from sales enabled what had been one of the world's poorest countries to become extremely wealthy. Libya granted 2 American oil companies 14 million arces of land. -
Libya Pipelines
Libya became an oil exporter in 1961 with the completion of a 167 kilometre pipeline linking important oil fields in the interior to the Mediterranean Sea. After this pipeline was in place Libya became the country where everyone wanted to get a little out of.Instead of Libya relying on other countries they were the reliers.
